Breaking News

"Breaking News" is a term used in journalism that implies a recent and typically sudden news development. A story that is designated “breaking news” interrupts normal radio, television, and sometimes Internet broadcasting or publishing with a live report on a significant incident.

Historical events such as the bombing at Pearl Harbor, the stock market crash of 1929, the assassinations or assassination attempts on U.S. and world leaders, have all been considered breaking news. Other events that are not tragedies or disasters have also broken regular programming such as news in space exploration (the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969), certain sporting events, and the outcome of the O.J. Simpson double murder trial.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Breaking News”

• Worth the wait? 2009 highlights in architecture

  
  The Hook News Blog — Authority: 479
  Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris celebrates the completion of the Mall re-bricking project, while the uncompleted Landmark looms. FILE PHOTO BY DAVE MCNAIR Quite a few additions to our physical landscape in 2009 took a long time to materialize, and others could take a longer time still. Was it worth the wait? ...
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• HOW DOES “SURVIVOR” SURVIVE?

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 566
  The finale of Survivor is looming large with the last regular episode airing tonight and the big winner being chosen Sunday. It’s the 19th season of the hit reality series spanning nearly 10 years and still going strong. That’s not surprising to Suvivor Executive Producer , Mark Burnett , who sees his ...
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• Judge: Schwarzenegger cant furlough prison guards

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  A judge has ruled against Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggers furlough order for thousands of California prison guards.
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• Clinton urges passage of Senate health care bill

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  Former President Bill Clinton says failure to pass a health care bill now would be a "colossal blunder" for the Democratic Party and the nations economy.
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• Showtime returns with “Strikeforce: All Access” for Evolution card

  
  Five Ounces of Pain — Authority: 576
  NEW YORK (Dec. 17, 2009)— SHOWTIME Sports will once again offer Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fans around the world STRIKEFORCE: All Access, the cutting edge online interactive experience, live on Saturday, Dec. 19, for STRIKEFORCE: “Evolution” from HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.The immersive digital experience will ...
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• Holdout Sen. Nelson rejects abortion compromise

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  A moderate Democrat said Thursday that an attempted Senate compromise on abortion is unsatisfactory, raising doubts about whether the chamber can pass President Barack Obamas health care overhaul by Christmas.
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• US agency probes possible gender bias at colleges

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  A federal civil rights agency investigating possible gender discrimination in college admissions will subpoena data from more than a dozen mid-Atlantic universities, officials said Thursday.
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• Correction: Sage Grouse-Fences story

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  In a Dec. 16 story about a Bureau of Land Management directive intended to reduce the number of sage grouse and birds that collide with fences, The Associated Press incorrectly reported an agency involved in such fence projects. It is the U.S. Department of Agricultures Natural Resource Conservation Service, not the ...
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• Childs death prompts toy dart gun recall

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  A Los Angeles toy importer is recalling about 22,000 toy dart gun sets after an 8-year-old childs death.
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• VIVICA A. FOX - 50 CENT’S PSYCHO EX-GIRLFRIEND…ON VIDEO

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 566
  VIVICA A. FOX PHOTO COURTESY OF TV LAND The breakup between Vivica A. Fox and her former boyfriend, 50 Cent , was public and vicious the actress tells HollywoodOutbreak.com , but that’s all in the past now. Fox is starring with the Rapper in his latest music video Do You Think About Me , playing his ...
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• Scientists watch deep-sea volcano for first time

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  Scientists have witnessed the eruption of a deep-sea volcano for the first time ever, capturing on video the fiery bubbles of molten lava as they exploded 4,000 feet beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean in what researchers are calling a major geological discovery.
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• Nuclear deal seen as model to limit atomic arms

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  The U.S. and a key Persian Gulf ally put into force Thursday a landmark agreement on nuclear cooperation that Washington sees as a model for limiting the spread of nuclear weapons.
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• Calls to hotline for ordering illegal drugs ring no more

  
  Oregon Living — Authority: 803
  I smell a Law & Order episode in the making, ripped from the headlines.
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• Judge to order probe into missing protest records

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  A federal judge says hell order an investigation into the apparent destruction of evidence in a lawsuit over mass arrests during 2002 protests against the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
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• Fulshear Delays Infrastructure Plans Until County Finalizes FM 1093 Expansion Project

  
  FortBendNow.com — Authority: 488
  With the anticipated expansion of FM 1093 into a four-lane boulevard with service roads in the near future, the City of Fulshear will wait until early next year to begin developing plans for extending water and sewer lines along the rapidly-growing thoroughfare.   City Engineer David Leyendecker made the ...
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• Pacifica apartments evacuated as cliff crumbles

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  A crumbling cliff forced residents to grab what they could and flee an apartment building atop a Northern California coastal bluff over fears it could slide into the Pacific.
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• WSUs Thompson and Casto Part of USA Basketball Team of the Year

  
  Bleacher Report — Authority: 776
  After capturing the gold medal in New Zealand this summer, the USA Men’s U19 World Championship Team, featuring Washington State sophomores DeAngelo Casto and Klay Thompson , has been named the 2009 USA Basketball Team of the Year, the organization announced this week. Led by the Coach Jamie Dixon from the ...
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• The Rutherford Institute Defends Second Grader Forced by School Officials to Undergo Psych Evaluation for Drawing Crucified Jesus

  
  MetroCatholic — Authority: 478
  TAUNTON, Mass., Dec. 16 /Christian Newswire/ — The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of the family of a second grader who was allegedly forced by school officials to undergo psychological evaluations after he drew a picture of a stick figure Jesus on the cross with X’s over his eyes. A copy of ...
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• Feds approve Coos Bay LNG terminal

  
  Oregon Living — Authority: 803
  The project still needs to navigate a thicket of state and federal regulatory processes before it can begin construction.
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• KC Council to address exempting military from earnings tax

  
  Kansas City Star: Kansas State University — Authority: 818
  Kansas City Mark Funkhouser announced today that the city council will act to exempt military service members serving in combat zones from paying the earnings tax. At a press conference, Funkhouser said he will introduce an ordinance this afternoon, and he expects the full council to pass it.
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